The Bench Press is the king of upper body strength exercises.

 

Unfortunately, guys like us who Bench a lot often experience some of these issues:

That’s why if you Bench, you must ensure you’re balancing it out to avoid these issues and having to take time off from working out due to injury.

 

First, you have to perform double the number of sets of pulling exercises to maintain strength balance across the shoulder. The best choice for this is the Seated Row.

 

However, if your pecs are already tight from a lot of Benching, then you’re never going to achieve full range of motion when you do the Seated Row, because they’ll limit how much you can squeeze your shoulder blades together.

 

That’s why right before each set of Seated Rows, do a static stretch for your pecs.

 

Just put one arm up on a door frame, enter the stretch, hold it for 30 seconds while you breathe naturally, then repeat on the other arm.

 

 

When you do this right before the Seated Row, you’re removing the tightness that prevents you from building strength at the end range of motion of the Row.

 

Building this end range of motion strength in the Seated Row is the key factor in preventing your shoulders from getting too tight from the Bench Press.

 

Do this and you’ll prevent a lot of the issues that are common from heavy Benching.

 

But if you already have tight shoulders, then you’ll need to do more than this to restore proper flexibility, which is why I recommend you grab my buddy Eric’s Shoulder Flexibility Solution today:

 

 

It includes routines to address specific shoulder flexibility problems, including:

As well as a Pre-Workout Shoulder Prep to ensure you get the most out of your workouts and come out without injury.

 

Grab your copy here – your shoulders will thank you.

 

Keep training hard,

 

Mike Westerdal

CriticalBench.com

 

P.S. Don’t forget, you’re not only getting 45% off the regular price, I convinced Eric to throw in 2 FREE bonus routines: The Rotator Cuff Hardening Routine and the Shoulder Regen Routine.

 

But the discount and bonus routines offer ends tonight, so grab your copy now and free your shoulders up so you can feel loose and mobile and continue training hard without pain or injury.